CRICKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 28, 3 February 1941, Page 11

CRICKET

KEEN SENIOR PLAYa

KILBIRNIE HOLD LEAD

FIRST ROUND OVER

Kilbirnie finished up the first round of the Wellington Cricket Association's senior competition at the top of the championship table with a haii'dy lead of five points, from Midland. These two teams, along with Wellington and Wellington College Old Boys, had wins on^ the first innings in the matches which concluded on Saturday afternoon and which completed the first round of seven series.

Except for the wind, conditions generally were good, but not many batsmen succeeded in taking full advantage of them. There! were, however; several sterling performances, some of them having an important bearing upon results. McCarthy, .with valuable aid from Bilby, saved Institute Old Boys from outright defeat by Midland, who scored well enough to declare with a tidy total, to\ which Osborn and Crawford were outstanding contributors. University, with a4O by Blandford, appeared to have a great opportunity of leading Wellington on the first innings, but Morgan's bowling and a couple of valuable wickets by Symes left University still five runs short when the innings terininated. In subsequent play Wellington' again fell cheaply, and University followed suit, though having some wickets in hand to leave the decision to the first innings.

Hutt also appeared to have a good chance of heading Wellington College Old Boys, but Bird collected Hutt's remaining two wickets cheaply enough to leave Old Boys with eight runs to the good on the first innings. Parkin showed up well with the bat in Old Boys' second innings, after which Hutt played out time, though losing seven wicbkets in the process. Karori had to follow, on against Kilbirnie, but kept the points to the first" innings, Williams putting on a good score in the second innings. SENIOR RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Midland (259 for six wickets, declared) won on the flrst innings from Institute Old Boys (69 and 198 for seven wickets), at the Basin Reserve. Wellington (128 and 133) won on the flrst Innings from University (123 and 64 for six wickets), at the Basin Reserve. Kilbirnie (288) won on the flrst innings from Karori (167 and 136 for eight wickets), at Kilbirnie. Wellington College Old Boys (90 and 201) won- on the first Innings from Hutt (82 and 77 for seven wickets), at Kelburn Park. MAIN PERFORMANCES. > Batting. Osborn (Midland) • , 81 McCarthy (Institute) 4 77 Crawford (Midland) .................. 64 Parkin (Wellington College O.B.) 57* Williams (Karori) 47 Blandford (University) 40 *Not out. . . Bowling. . Wilson (Kilbirnie) 7 for 40 Klrd (Wellington College O.B.) .... 5 for 80 Morgan (Wellington) t i for 45 C. Muir (Hutt) 4 for 52 CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE. 8-pt. 5-pt. Ch. win. win. D. h. pts. Kilbirnie 3 2 1 1 36 Midland ". 2 3—2 31 Wellington 1 3 1 2 25 Hutt .............'. 2 1 1 3 23 Well. Coll, 0.8. .... 2 1.1 3 33 Institute 0.8. ...... 1 2 \ s 20 Karori b..........Vi-r- 2 1 4 n University •.,....;,..—. — -» 7. 0 Taking advantage of a batsman's wicket, Midland scored rapidly against Institute Old Boys, and declared at 3.15 p.m. Osborn and Crawford dominated play during the early afternoon, adding 121 runs in quick time, Institute's second venture was mainly a question of. playing out time, Bilby offering prolonged resistance. McCarthy, however, went for runs and scored freely with well-executed strokes. The Institute bowlers were harshly treated by Osborn and Crawford, but found solace later in the day. Bartlett was the only bowler to eeeure two wickets. Fortune and Randell were the most successful Midland bowlers.

.Although' Wellington's scoring was moderate in both innings, it: was still Aye rups too large in the first innings for University, who replied to Wellington's 12S with 123. bB. T. Morgan's excellent bag of sis wlclcets for 45 was the main reason for the miss; with three wickets down for 79 University crept tq the nineties and then lost five wickets for two runs—four fo? 93, five for 93, six for 95, seven for 95, eight for 95. In his thirteenth over (he bowled seventeen altogether) Morgan took three wickets for no runs. Blandford headed University's scoring with a sound 40, 24 'of them in boundaries. Meech, with 39, was the principal contributor to Wellington's 133 in the second • innings, and at stumps University had scored 64 for six wickets. On an excellent pitch and in the best of weather, Karori gave a . disappointing display of batting against Kilbirnie, for whom Wilson bowled very effectively. When the eighth, wicket fell only 108 had been scored, but a stand of 57 by Heenan and Nimmo gave the final total a more respectable appearance. In the follow-on the showing was no better than in the flrst Innings, though Heenan and Williams batted briskly. Scoring was low in the senior match at Kelburn Park, where. Hutt managed to hold Wellington College. Old Boys to a win on the flrst Innings. The game was interesting from the Start. Bird quickly took the last two wickets while Hiitt were still in arrears and brought his bag to five wlclcets. Champness was soon collecting Old Boys wickets in their second innings and Hutt had a great opportunity of turning the tables when the sixth wicket fell at 95. Parker, however, came to light with a splendid effort which placed his side In a safe position. Some eighty minutes of play remained, and the interest Increased as the Hutt wickets once again fell cheaply. Bird was bowling with great dash, but there was tiot enough time to complete the Hutt collapse.

THE SCORE BOARD,

KILBIRNIE V. KARORI.

---■»- KILBIRNIE. First Innings 283 KARORI—First Inningg. Coupland, c Ashenden, b Wilson .~ 0 Standidge, b Wilson ~ 13 Burnett, b Wilson _ 19 Duffy, lbw, b Ashenden , 1 Dickinson, c Russ. b Ashenden ..._ 14 Mullins, b Wilson*. 34 Williams, b Wilson „ 11 Sclater, c Eaton, b.Ashenden 6 Nimmo, not out ; 35 Heenan, b Wilson 27 Searell, st Mooney, b Wilson 2 Extras v 5 Total . ......... 167 Bowling: Wilson took seven' wickets for 40 runs; Ashenden, three for 61; Russ, none for 35; Alen, none for IG; Christophersen,- none for 10. Second InnlngSi Coupland, c Mooney, b Ashenden 3, Nimmo, b Ashenden .' ;.... 16 Heenan, run out ..- 35 Dickinson, b .Burton 8 Sclater, b Burton 8 Williams, b Allen , 4<, Mullan, c Russ, b Wilson 1 Burnett, lbw, b Russ lo Duffy, not out 3 Extras ' .-•••■ - Total for eight wickets 136 " Bowling: Wilson took one wicket for 32 runs; Ashenden, two for 47; Allen, one for 14; Russ, one for 0; Burton, two for 40; Christophersen, none for 1. J _ ~ Umpires: Messrs. Searell acd Reynolds. HUTT v. W.C.0.8. HUTT—First Innings. Chapman, b Bird •••••••••• • 2 Kemp, st Lamason, b Richardson « Jarvis, c Boyes, b Richardson j* Pegler, b Bird j £? Brice, c Boyes, b Lamason ** Buchan, c dv Chateau, b Bird i L. Muir, run out •"••' j; Wall, c Burnette, b Boyes * Champness, not out *•••• •'" C. Muir, lbw, b Bird » Fowler, b Bird > * Extras .• - Total 82 Bbwling.—Richardson took two wickets for 11 runs, Bird five for 30, Lamason one for 20, Boyes one for. 14. Second Innings. Chapman, c R. Lamason, b Richardson .. 25 Brice, b Richardson « * Wall, b Bird •• 2J Champness, c Parkin, bJ, Lamason ..... i Jarvis, b J. Lamason « Buchan, b Bird • * Kemp, b Bird *■* li. Muir, not out * Pegler, not out •• * Extras •• •* Total for seven wickets 77 Bowling.—Richardson took two wickets for 22 runs, Browne none for 21, J. Lamason two for 5, Bird three for 20. OLD BOYS—First Innings, 90. ■Second Innings, R. Lamason, b Champness • r« 15 Wiggs, b Champness ..: 5 Burnette, c Champness, b Buchan ......' 9 J. Lamason, cL. Muir, b Champness .... 6 dv Chateau, c Pegler, b C. Muir. 29 Browne, c Wall, b Pegler 26 Earl, lbw, b C. Muir bl9 Parkin, not out , 57 Boves, c Brice, b C. Muir 14 Richardson, c L. Muir, b Pegler • Bird, c Champness, b C. Muir ..^ 4 Extras U Total '.■••'• 201 Bowling.—Champness took, three wickets for 50 runs, Buchan one for 39, C. Muir four for 52, Pegler two for 49. Tmpires: Messrs. Webb and Harris-Daw. MIDLAND V. INSTITUTE OLD BOYS. MIDLAND—First Innings. W. Hepburn, b Rogers 40 H. Osborn, c McCarthy, b Crook 81 A. Donald, c Ormiston, b Bilby 12 R. Crawford, run out 64 R, Bush, c Rogers, b.Bartlett 0 I. Upston, , not out 10 R. Buddie, c Rogers, b Bartlett ...' 13 E. Armstrong, not out 17 Extras i• • • SiTotal forsix wickets .-, 259 (Innings declared closed.) Bowling.—Boddy took no wickets for 21 runs, Bartlett two for 64, Crook one for 42, McKeown none for'4o; Bilby one for 18, McCarthy none for 6, Rogers one for 28,- Dv Feu none for 18. ' 1 • . INSTITUTE. First innings .« 69 - Second Innings. J. Muir,' b Fortune '~'. 2 A. Goff, 6 Buddie, b Randall ...... ...,.■; T F. Rogers, b Hepburn 17 A.' Dv Feti, o Crawford; b Osborn ..... 22 J. McCarthy, c Armstrong, b Randall .. 77 M. Bilby, not out 38 3. Ormiston, lbw, b Fortune 23 R. Crook, b Fortune , 3 Extras ~....,,.,.,.,.,......,,.»,. 10 Total for seven wickets 198 Bowling.—Fortune took three wickets for ' 35 runs, Randall twQ for 46, Watts. n<m^ for 20, Crawford none for 66, Hepburn one for 17, Osborn one for 14. Umpires: Messrs. Moore and Baker.

WEUIhGTON v." UNIVERSITY,

WELLINGTON..... First innings; ; ~,..., ~.,,,...,. 128 Second ' Innings. ' " Kerr, lbw, "b Harrison ~.,,„., 19 Wiren, lbw, b. b^Uss^y ~..i..M . ..«...., % Thomas, lbw, b Christie 28 Morgan, ,b Harrison ~.,,,..,,..,.,,., 0 Castle, q Blandford, b Massey ......... 1Holdstoek,, c Burnard, b Bray ..., 5 Bowers, c Harrison, b. Massey .......... 19. Glnl. b .ChrlstUi 0 Meech, b Densen '39 Blundell, c Massey, b Densen 18 Symes, pot out , 1 Extras (byes 1) • ••••.••«. 1 • Total 133 Bowling: Massey took three wickets for M runs, Harrison two for 80, Bray one! for 83, Christie two for 16, Wlteon none for 10, Parker none for 11, Densen two for 1. UNIVERSITY.—First Innings. Wilson,, c Bowers, b Blundell .14 Bray,. b (Morgan 2 Blandford, c Thomas, b Symes 40 Massey,. c. Meech, b Morgan 27 Paetz, b Morgan , ~ 5 Densen, . c and 0 Meech 0 Craig, c Blundell, b Symes ' , 17 Burnard, b Morgan 0 Christie, b Morgan 0 Parker, c Ginl, b Morgan , 9 Harrison, not out 1 Extras (byes 1, leg byes 6, no-balls 1) 8 Total 123 Bowling: Symes took two wickets for 27 runs, Morgan six for 45 4 Meech one for 35, Blundell one for 8. Symes bowled one no-ball.

Second Jnninjjb. ■'■;* Massey, b ■ Morgan '„ a"; Blandford, run out l&H Paetz, b Symes ........v.... 0;> Densen, st Thomas, b Morgan' 17" Craig, not out H.-,> Wilson, b Symes -.. .':... ,o.r Parker, et Thomas, o b-Symes .V. J'.-^ Burnard, not out 8Extras (leg byes 1) '.•*.' ■ X: 1 Total for six wickets ..;.."....".*«. 64^ Bowling: Symes took three wickets for 3»£\ \ runs, Morgan two for 24. 'X-Z Wellington' won by Aye runs on the flrit£.v innings. ~;' Umpires: Messrs. Lambert and Watt*. •..** LOWER GRADES 35 -ly-T^ * .... :.-im.ti» SECOND. . - - . . no* ...-■*■** Onslow 107 and. 65 -for no wickets (Coofc"'. 3T not out, Webb '. 27 not out) beat Mid* .' "m , land 65 and 101 ' (Handley 56 not out, Elvy; -. •$ ! 31) by 10 wickets. Bowling} for Onslow,] :t* j Lenlhan took five for 31, Barrett three fop ■••* '33. An eight-point win for - Onslow. •• - ~-$* Kilbirnie 340 (A. Ashenden S7, Elton 6j5, ■.•.■* Webster 56, Knowsley 52, White 21) beat Uni^-gT; versity 176 (Bruce 51, Colquhoun 37, Moody*'.".*.* 23) and 104 (Armour 28, Moody. 18). Bowl^TJ^ ing for University, Olsen took four for 121, s '«a ■ McVeagh three for 18; for Kilbirnie, White .**« took four for 54 and four for 34, Webster :'** , three for 27 and four for 43. . '-.vw Petono 236 for seven wickets, declared (Croft 75, Hudson 57, Willis 27, H. Martin 30 notl^-a. ' out) beat Wellington College Old Boyg IIJjNSI j and 164 for eight wickets (Bradley 27, Dun-f-'SS can 25, H. Reynolds 22, Hodson 20). Bowl«i^ ing for Old Boys, J. Reynolds took fire fofiTSS 90, H. Reynolds two for 26; for Petone, Griggl i took three for 30. A five-point win tag 3 Petone. * Johnsonville 203 for five wickets, declared -\"o (Hardy 62, Neal 53, Ivamy 45, Parsloe 24) X _Z. beat Wellington 43 and 68 by an innings an<t ■-/ 92 runs. Bowling for Johnsonville, Parsloe ■-_ aC - took four for 17 and six for 19, Mason three ..' for 41, Fisher two for 21. An eight-point win ' '". for Johnsonville. i ->~ Karori 112 (Beck 34, Cudby 33) and 139, '" for five wickets, declared (Beck 36, Coopenj :.S. 29) beat St. Pat's Old Boys 116 (Kristensea/ . 20, Guthrie 20) and 75 (Guthrlo 24). Bowl- ■'-"*■■ ing for Karori, Restieaux took two for 24," y.-i Kane two for 0, Hay two for 23 and two .■" for 7, Mac Donald three for 35 and four for - ' c 7 , 14, Cudby two for 16; for St. Pat's 0.8., Hast-. v-. 1 ings three for 35, Phillips two for 11, Guth« Irie three for 52. "An eight-point win for --- Karori. •; .;- THIRD. -~ Petone, 212 (Marsh 51, Palmer 43, X<. Pois*^^ ton 37, Willis 22, Bowse 20); Onslow, 125 anti -A* i 73 for seven wickets. Bowling for Petone, Willis took four for 21, Mason two for 16; for On* ■% slow, Richards took four for 55, Ferkin- foyr *" for .67. A five-point win for Petone. Kilbirnie, 286 (Turnbull 97, Parry 86, Mildeo- £ hall 33) and 8 for no wickets; Institute, 157 .A*** (Andrews 49, Muir 20) and 134 (Mabbett 35 '■"^ not out, Owen 26). Bowling for Institute, Bar- —■- ron took five for 104, Mabbett two for 18, Hicks ! two for 39; for Kilbirnie, Lobb took two for :20 and three for 35, Macklin two for 18, Parry j two for 7, Kilbirnie won by 10 wicket*. , Hospital, 131 (Jeffery 28, Mile* 21) beat A*r • : Force, 103 (Jones 24, Dawson 30, Sharrodt 24). . ; Bowling for Hospital, Morgan took' three for • 27, W. Miles three for 29; for Air Force, : Stere took five for «4, Pollett two for 26. Air '. Force were two men short. FOURTH. Railways, 130 and 108 (Buckmaster 46, Boars 32), lost to Hutt 80 and 64 for one "wicket (Adams 30 not out). Bowling for- Railways, - Gifford took' five for 53; for Hutt, Langbein took six for 29. ' ■ Kilbirnie, 355 (Blamires 112, Roberts' 83, Arm- : strong 46, Greig 25), beat Institute, -75 (J. . Adams 23), and 161 (Garwood S4, £. Adams 21)'.< ; Bowling for Institute, Garwood took four for.- ? 83, G. Adams three for 47; for Kilbirnie, Rob-j crts took four for 27 and two for 34, Bram- ~ ley three for 0, Armstrong four for. 43. KB* '- birnie won by an innings and 119 run* FIFTH. , Onslow, 111 and 106 (Neilsen ilnot o»t, Whitebouse 20), beat Midland, 63 and' 108 (Kennedy 48), by 48 runs. Bowllnr for On- ■' slow, Oxley took three for 6, Puffy three for, ; 139, Howard two for 44; for Midland, Mouat ■ took four for S3, Rickett four for 53.' Aa eight-point win for Onslow. t : Institute, 103 (Reid 37) and 805 (Pinker-, ton 58, College 58, Exton 51, Reid $9),' beat) WelUngton, 218 (Jennings 77, Whyte 62, Cloius-J ton 38) and 97 (Clouston 30, Bryce 27). BowW ing for Wellington, Clouston took seven for 43/j Marris three for 42; for Institute, Richardson? took two for 4 and two for 14. Reid four for 30, Exton two for 21. An eight-point win for ~ Institute. SIXTH. ..il Onslow, 143 and 219 (Bramley 131), beatMidland, 85 and 339 (Paton 110, D. Scott 38,. Galvin 36), by 38 runs. Bowling for Onslow,; Hooper took four for 22, McSweeney two f0r?,.., 17, Mckenzie two for 47; for Midland, Fetters-'---• son took five for 81, BJielley two fop 18, W«<t ,;" i two for 61. "An- eight-point win for Onslow. - -*■- Johnsonville, 130 and 81 for eight wlekets^rdeclared, beat Wellington College Old Boys, 58 ---» and 109 (Hart 24, Bond 28, Earl 22 not «rt)*,JTj Bowling for Johnsonville, Hocking took three-:w for 1, Georgeson three for SL. _ ■ . • . . ;T, Karori, 113 and 177 (Green 103, Greatbr^h r -- -26), beat Institute B, 215 and 56, BowlUur ; for Karori, Beasley took five .for 60 and three -~ for 27, Wright five for 27. Karori won'by-If j£ runs. L ■-•■"' '*■> SEVENTH. ■ , .;:;■; Onslow, 175 (Gentry 38, Heatherwick »>•*-- Meek 28 not out, Kinvig 20), beat Hutt, «T (Hare 53, Lewton 88, Dudding 31), by 39 runs on the first innings. Bowling for Owrtow, Heatherwick took four for 23; for Hutt, Bayliss took three for 37, Hare two for 46, Hitch-; cock two for 49. A five-point win for Onslow. ,-,,,, ~, ~; | | _ g g gg!gg===g |